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Where does “omniscience” come from?

Omniscience comes from Latin omniscientia, formed from Latin omni- meaning "all," referring to knowledge of all things.

omniscience (English): The capacity to know everything

Definitions

  1. The capacity to know everything

Ancestry of “omniscience”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinomniscientiaall-knowledge; nominative neuter plural of...
2Spanishomni-omni-; bad; badly

Words derived from “omniscience”

  • nonomniscience
Every word from Spanish omni- →